. The Crescent [1920]. s, this the 11th day ofMay, 1920. THE SENIOR CLASS OF D. H. S. (Seal.)Witnesses: G. Y. NEWTON,VERA WIGGINS. ANNIE RUTH JOYNER, 20. A bow-legged colored boy stopped at the postoffice andyelled out: Anything for the Barnes? Nothing, answered Ruth Wilson, the postmistress. Anything for John Barnes? No. Anything for Bill Barnes?No. Anything for Allen Barnes? No, not a bit. Anything for Terry Barnes? No, nor for Pat Barnes, nor Dennis Barnes, nor PeterBarnes, nor Paul Barnes, nor any Barnes dead, living,native, or foreign, civilized nor uncivilized, savage, bar-barious, male
. The Crescent [1920]. s, this the 11th day ofMay, 1920. THE SENIOR CLASS OF D. H. S. (Seal.)Witnesses: G. Y. NEWTON,VERA WIGGINS. ANNIE RUTH JOYNER, 20. A bow-legged colored boy stopped at the postoffice andyelled out: Anything for the Barnes? Nothing, answered Ruth Wilson, the postmistress. Anything for John Barnes? No. Anything for Bill Barnes?No. Anything for Allen Barnes? No, not a bit. Anything for Terry Barnes? No, nor for Pat Barnes, nor Dennis Barnes, nor PeterBarnes, nor Paul Barnes, nor any Barnes dead, living,native, or foreign, civilized nor uncivilized, savage, bar-barious, male or female, black or white, naturalized or un-naturalized, soldier or citizen, no, there is positively noth-ing for any of the Barnes either individually, jointly, sev-erally now and forever one and inseparable. The boy looked at Ruth in astonishment. Please, h2 said, Will you see if there is anythingfor Bridget Barnes? Mary Smith: I am going to have a swell party beforelong. Mr. Newton: No dont, if you do Ill burst. 48. PROPHECY While reclining in my easy arm chair in my office, Inotice the headlines on yesterdays paper reading Suffra-gette Elected for President. It marks the close of aspirited presidential campaign. I read further down andsee that she is Miss Ruth C. Wilson; Wilson; Ruth Wil-son: Somehow this name seems familiar. It recalls thefact that we have already had one President Wilson, ah,yes, I have it! She is none other than my former class-mate, Ruth C. Wilson. Ah, how well do I remember thatI ridiculed her idea of women voting, much less the ideaof their holding the presidency. The idea of her being a class-mate of mine. Surely, Ihave one class-mate who has made her mark. One, didI say one? Well perhaps more than one. Quite recently I noticed that Dr. J. D. West had per-formed the famous Edward Ease operation on the FrenchPresident. It was even in a French newspaper that I gotthis news. And he, too, is a former class-mate of what has become of Annie Ruth
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